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2016-10-18Zeitschriftenartikel

Burden of Six Healthcare-Associated Infections on European Population Health: Estimating Incidence-Based Disability-Adjusted Life Years through a Population Prevalence-Based Modelling Study

Cassini, Alessandro; Plachouras, Diamantis; Eckmanns, Tim; Sin, Muna Abu; Blank, Hans-Peter; Ducomble, Tanja; Haller, Sebastian; Harder, Thomas; Klingeberg, Anja; Sixtensson, Madlen; Velasco, Edward; Weiß, Bettina; Kramarz, Piotr; Monnet, Dominique L.; Kretzschmar, Mirjam E.; Suetens, Carl

Background: Estimating the burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) compared to other communicable diseases is an ongoing challenge given the need for good quality data on the incidence of these infections and ...

2016-09-29Zeitschriftenartikel

A Field-Deployable Reverse Transcription Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of the Chikungunya Virus

Patel, Pranav; Wahed, Ahmed Abd El; Faye, Oumar; Prüger, Pauline; Kaiser, Marco; Thaloengsok, Sasikanya; Ubol, Sukathida; Sakuntabhai, Anavaj; Leparc-Goffart, Isabelle; Hufert, Frank T.; Sall, Amadou A.; Weidmann, Manfred; Niedrig, Matthias

Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus currently transmitted in about 60 countries. CHIKV causes acute flu-like symptoms and in many cases prolonged musculoskeletal and joint pain. Detection of ...

2016-10-05Zeitschriftenartikel

Changes in Waist Circumference among German Adults over Time - Compiling Results of Seven Prospective Cohort Studies

Haftenberger, Marjolein; Mensink, Gert; Vogt, S.; Thorand, Barbara; Peters, Annette; Herzog, B.; Hartwig, Saskia; Greiser, Karin Halina; Ittermann, T.; Schipf, Sabine; Völzke, Henry; Merz, Benedikt; Nöthlings, Ute; Koch, M.; Neamat-Allah, J.; Katzke, V.; Kaaks, R.; Boeing, Heiner; Bachlechner, Ursula; Scheidt-Nave, Christa; Schienkiewitz, Anja

Aim: This study aims to quantify longitudinal changes in waist circumference (WC) among adults aged 45-64 years in Germany. Methods: Data of 15,444 men and 17,207 women from one nationwide and six regional prospective ...

2016-10-26Zeitschriftenartikel

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women, heterosexual men and MSM visiting HIV counselling institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - should Chlamydia testing be scaled up?

Lallemand, Anne; Bremer, Viviane; Jansen, Klaus; Nielsen, Stine; Münstermann, Dieter; Lucht, Andreas; Tiemann, Carsten

Background: Patients asking for a free anonymous HIV test may have contracted other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as Chlamydia trachomatis, yet Chlamydia prevalence in that population is unknown. This study ...

2016-10-25Zeitschriftenartikel

HIV risk perception and testing behaviours among men having sex with men (MSM) reporting potential transmission risks in the previous 12 months from a large online sample of MSM living in Germany

Marcus, Ulrich; Gassowski, Martyna; Drewes, Jochen

Background: HIV testing and serostatus awareness are essential to implement biomedical strategies (treatment as prevention; oral chemoprophylaxis), and for effective serostatus-based behaviours (HIV serosorting; strategic ...

2016-10-27Zeitschriftenartikel

Increased incidence of syphilis in men who have sex with men and risk management strategies, Germany, 2015

Jansen, Klaus; Schmidt, Axel J.; Drewes, Jochen; Bremer, Viviane; Marcus, Ulrich

In Germany, the number of reported syphilis cases increased between 11% and 22% per year between 2010 and 2014. We analysed syphilis surveillance data and data of four behavioural surveys on men who have sex with men (MSM) ...

2016-10-24Zeitschriftenartikel

Weltpoliotag 2016 - Die WHO hoffte in diesem Jahr die Poliomyelitis besiegen zu können

Robert Koch-Institut

2016-10-24Zeitschriftenartikel

Zikavirus-Infektion bei einer Reiserückkehrerin aus Vietnam

Robert Koch-Institut

2016-12-19Zeitschriftenartikel

Weiterer verstärkter Anstieg von Syphilis-Infektionen bei Männern, die Sex mit Männern haben

Robert Koch-Institut

Die Syphilis ist eine bakterielle, durch die Spirochätenart Treponema pallidum verursachte Erkrankung, die nur beim Menschen vorkommt und sexuell, durch Blut und intrauterin von der Mutter auf das Kind übertragbar ist. ...

2016-05-23Zeitschriftenartikel

Physical activity surveillance in the European Union: reliability and validity of the European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ)

Baumeister, Sebastian E.; Ricci, Cristian; Kohler, Simone; Fischer, Beate; Töpfer, Christine; Finger, Jonas D.; Leitzmann, Michael F.

Background: The current study examined the reliability and validity of the European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ), a novel questionnaire for the surveillance of physical activity ...

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